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Delaunay, Robert

De lau nay, Robert |dəlôˈnā dəlɔˈneɪ | (1885 –1941 ), French painter. He painted some of the first purely abstract pictures and was one of the founding members of Orphism, together with his wife Sonia Delaunay-Terk.

 

Delaunay-Terk, Sonia

De lau nay-Terk, Sonia |dəlˌônā ˈterk dəlɔˌneɪ ˈtɛrk | (1885 –1979 ), French painter and textile designer; born in Russia; wife of Robert Delaunay. She created abstract paintings based on harmonies of form and color.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Delaunay, Robert

Delaunay, Robert |dəˈlɔːneɪ, French dələɔne | (1885 –1941 ), French painter. For most of his career he experimented with the abstract qualities of colour, and he painted some of the first purely abstract pictures. He was one of the founder members of Orphism together with Sonia Delaunay-Terk.

 

Delaunay-Terk, Sonia

Delaunay-Terk, Sonia |dəˌlɔːneɪˈtɛːk, French dələɔnetɛʀk | (1885 –1979 ), Russian-born French painter and textile designer, wife of Robert Delaunay. She created abstract paintings based on harmonies of form and colour.

 

Duden Dictionary

Delaunay

De lau nay Eigenname |dəloˈnɛ |französischer Maler